Bingo Baggins

Bingo Baggins was a hobbit of the Shire.

Biography

Bingo was born in TA 2864 (SR 1264) and was the brother of Bungo. He married Chica Chubb and they had one son, Falco Chubb-Baggins. Falco was most notable as Bilbo's cousin. He died in TA 2960 (SR 1360).^[1]

Behind the scenes

Originally, Frodo was going to be called Bingo, but after a time, Tolkien decided that that name was too silly for The Lord of the Rings, which was becoming ever more serious.

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